Category: San Francisco

Loop Commerce Obtains $7,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0f9d0ee-ae95-45e9-8c11-aee3b565841e Date 11/7/2013 Company Name Loop Commerce Mailing Address 2051 Landings Dr Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description Loop was born from a feeling of frustration with the online gift-buying experience. While trying to buy meaningful gifts for our families and friends, we realized that something major was broken: online stores simply … Continue reading “Loop Commerce Obtains $7,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Sprig Garners $1,200,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e6d59271-bb96-4258-9a34-b3027dc2dfe7 Date 11/7/2013 Company Name Sprig Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Our locally-sourced seasonal meals are crafted with care by former Google executive chef Nate Keller. We offer a daily rotating menu featuring quality ingredients that you can feel great about. Website http://www.eatsprig.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Sprig Garners $1,200,000 Seed Financing Round”

Twitter Receives $1,820,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e5cd6a8a-b62c-46c9-96d8-c9cf467825b2 Date 11/7/2013 Company Name Twitter Mailing Address 1355 Market St San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) provides an instant-broadcast, SMS type Internet service. Website http://www.twitter.com Transaction Type IPO Transaction Amount $1,820,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes are on file with company statements at the SEC. M&A … Continue reading “Twitter Receives $1,820,000,000 New Funding Round”

Provide Commerce Acquires Sincerely for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5571e0a8-3fd0-4a27-b54f-fbdc48b24824 Date 11/7/2013 Company Name Sincerely Mailing Address 800 Market St. 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 Company Description Sincerely is focused on making it easy to send real photos in the mail from your phone. We believe printed photos are meaningful & a photo sent to a friend is the most … Continue reading “Provide Commerce Acquires Sincerely for Undisclosed Sum”

Plug and Play Offers San Diego Startups a Bridge to Silicon Valley

They departed. They saw. And then they came back. The inaugural class of startups from San Diego to be admitted to a 10-week “startup camp” established by the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, CA, has returned home. Five of the eight companies chosen to participate in the first Plug and Play San Diego … Continue reading “Plug and Play Offers San Diego Startups a Bridge to Silicon Valley”

Sqwiggle’s Webcam Eye Gives Remote Workers a Virtual Office

Sqwiggle co-founder Matt Boyd has an interesting challenge in convincing people to get on board with his company’s online workspace platform: making sure they’re comfortable being on camera. All the time. The idea behind the product is to help people who work remotely from their computers stay in constant communication, instead of, say, having to … Continue reading “Sqwiggle’s Webcam Eye Gives Remote Workers a Virtual Office”

Curis Shares Tumble As Cancer Drug Slapped With FDA Clinical Hold

When Curis (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CRIS]]) licensed a cancer drug from Genentech last year, it was hoping for a repeat performance of the development deal that led to its first FDA approval. Given the troubling signs it’s just seen in an early-stage trial, however, that might be a tougher task this time around. Lexington, MA-based Curis said … Continue reading “Curis Shares Tumble As Cancer Drug Slapped With FDA Clinical Hold”

Node Summit

From the event site: “Node Summit, the only conference focused on how Node.js is transforming the future of computing, announced that its second annual conference will take place December 3-4, 2013 in San Francisco at the Mission Bay Conference Center. Launched in 2012 to bring together Node.js experts, enthusiasts and developers, this year’s Node Summit … Continue reading “Node Summit”

While Healthcare.gov Scrambles, Private Exchanges Are Off to the Races

All eyes are on the hullaballoo created by the challenges at Healthcare.gov and several of the states’ public insurance exchanges. Yet all the while, like in a magic show, attention has been diverted from the real action going on elsewhere. Quietly and in a relatively drama-free way, the private health insurance exchanges are busily taking … Continue reading “While Healthcare.gov Scrambles, Private Exchanges Are Off to the Races”

Using Tech to De-Stress Child Support

Unhappy couples often think their problems will be over as soon as their divorce decree is final, says Sheri Atwood, a child of divorce and a divorced parent herself. But when kids are involved, the ex-spouses may still be locked in a testy, ongoing dialogue about money—the issue that may have driven them apart in … Continue reading “Using Tech to De-Stress Child Support”

Kanjoya Receives $4,046,002 Series D Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d17a1f6-8c8c-4afa-9787-1e07ae039027 Date 11/5/2013 Company Name Kanjoya Mailing Address 456 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Company Description We own and operate the social discovery network Experience Project, where people share and connect around the things that matter most to them and form deep and lasting emotional connections with each other based on … Continue reading “Kanjoya Receives $4,046,002 Series D Round”

RockLive Garners $1,100,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=534a206a-4da3-40c1-be3c-1fe747bb00b7 Date 11/5/2013 Company Name RockLive Mailing Address One Market Plaza San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description RockLive is a mobile development lab headquartered in San Francisco, CA. The company has announced that they have developed a social platform for teenagers. The product name is Shots of Me and it will be … Continue reading “RockLive Garners $1,100,000 Seed Funding”

Simplificare Receives $10,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4e7480de-99c9-45e3-b030-2ab5c402c5cf Date 11/5/2013 Company Name Simplificare Mailing Address 480 S. California Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Simplificare knows that there are organizations that don’t have the resources to hire a full-time web staff. That’s why Simplificare’s hosting and solution plans are created to allow you to have a leading-edge website … Continue reading “Simplificare Receives $10,000,000 New Funding”

Lob Garners $2,400,000 Seed Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ae4eb565-0675-4397-88ae-40e7119c3d47 Date 11/5/2013 Company Name Lob Mailing Address 250 Santa Fe Terrace Sunnyvale, CA 94058 Company Description Lob was created by Harry and Leore as a solution for developers looking to integrate printing into web/mobile applications. Our mission is to eliminate the complexity and expense of building and maintaining in-house printing solutions. … Continue reading “Lob Garners $2,400,000 Seed Funding Round”

Phizzle Secures $4,900,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d8b7f88-61bc-4b5d-b0c9-975796dbed40 Date 11/5/2013 Company Name Phizzle Mailing Address 58 2nd Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94115 Company Description In a world where everyone is mobile and brands require more from their marketing campaigns – Phizzle creates an effective, easy and simple solution for brand engagement and interaction — anytime, anywhere. We … Continue reading “Phizzle Secures $4,900,000 New Financing”

ContaAzul Obtains Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e0162c22-502a-4fd7-96ce-bb3083067148 Date 11/5/2013 Company Name ContaAzul Mailing Address 444 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description The company offers a web based SaaS accounting system. Website http://www.contaazul.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes ContaAzul plans to use the new capital to accelerate the growth … Continue reading “ContaAzul Obtains Series B Financing”

MediaSpike Lands $5,200,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fdfd9597-8a3d-474f-8284-e27393ae7e87 Date 11/5/2013 Company Name MediaSpike Mailing Address 201 San Antonio Circle Mountain View, CA 94040 Company Description It was early 2007, and the Facebook Platform had just opened up. Blake Commagere, an ex-Plaxo viral growth expert, had developed the first version of Causes on Facebook and seen it take off like … Continue reading “MediaSpike Lands $5,200,000 Series A Financing Round”

Terrajoule Garners $11,500,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e93d7cba-d253-4c89-a24d-efbd7ced0e58 Date 11/5/2013 Company Name Terrajoule Mailing Address 2231 Spring Street Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description Terrajoule was founded in 2009 to resolve the fundamental barrier to the widespread adoption of solar power as the most practical and economic source of new electricity generation for the 21st century. That barrier is … Continue reading “Terrajoule Garners $11,500,000 Series A Round”

TicTasks Garners $1,113,245 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5d422bff-20b6-4577-81af-fe859ab7f70b Date 11/5/2013 Company Name TicTasks Mailing Address 604 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Proven makes it easy for you to organize your job hunting experience all in one place. You can quickly and easily apply to jobs on Proven or Craigslist all for free using your browser or … Continue reading “TicTasks Garners $1,113,245 Series A Round”

Which Regions Are Churning Out the Most Biotech IPOs?

If you’ve got ambitions to start and build a biotech company that may someday go public, where is the best place to make it happen? Which regional clusters provide the most fertile places where people, scientific ideas, technology, and money come together to build NASDAQ-worthy biotech companies? This is just one more way of looking … Continue reading “Which Regions Are Churning Out the Most Biotech IPOs?”

RallyPoint Receives $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f75d30ea-ccf0-4684-883a-06a091693da0 Date 11/4/2013 Company Name RallyPoint Mailing Address 2080 Gough Street San Francisco, CA 94109 Company Description RallyPoint empowers your military life and career. RallyPoint uses patent-pending technology to revolutionize the way US military servicemembers connect, develop, and pursue fulfilling opportunities throughout their careers. Website http://www.rallypoint.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “RallyPoint Receives $5,000,000 Series A Funding Round”

Avinger Lands $10,465,180 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3c3d3d29-e8ed-4c3e-89e0-722b6324cf95 Date 11/4/2013 Company Name Avinger Mailing Address 400 Chesapeake Dr. Redwood City, CA 94063 Company Description The company is developing medical device treatments for peripheral artery disease. (PAD) Website http://www.avinger.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $10,465,180 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. Contact technology … Continue reading “Avinger Lands $10,465,180 New Financing”

NeuroSky Lands New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b0ed919e-94f9-4a99-b6a4-b99ed377861a Date 11/4/2013 Company Name NeuroSky Mailing Address 125 S. Market St. San Jose, CA 95113 Company Description NeuroSky is the worldwide leader in bringing biosensor technology to the consumer mass market. Our well-known partners have utilized our technology to create some of the most exciting products of the year, including Mattel’s … Continue reading “NeuroSky Lands New Funding”

Tylr Mobile Garners $1,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=126fbfc8-a347-4e0c-a748-f5965fd73d44 Date 11/4/2013 Company Name Tylr Mobile Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Tylr builds role-specific mobile work apps that bring together all your critical business data, from different sources, and filters it with your personal context: who you are, where you are, and what’s important to you, to … Continue reading “Tylr Mobile Garners $1,000,000 New Funding”

CymaBay Therapeutics Secures $30,155,140 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=624685fd-7b71-4f0d-8a78-2fc0b753d781 Date 11/3/2013 Company Name CymaBay Therapeutics Mailing Address 3876 Bay Center Place Hayward, CA 94545 Company Description CymaBay Therapeutics is a privately held pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of drugs to treat diabetes and related metabolic disorders. Website http://www.cymabay.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,155,140 Transaction Round … Continue reading “CymaBay Therapeutics Secures $30,155,140 New Funding Round”

Campus Quad Obtains $500,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b43e65db-ddc8-4739-af20-6eec5b4a0f0c Date 11/3/2013 Company Name Campus Quad Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94117 Company Description Our vision is to connect college students to opportunities and expand their horizons for greater success in life. Website http://www.campusquad.co Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. … Continue reading “Campus Quad Obtains $500,000 New Financing Round”

Knotch Lands $1,500,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6cd12b17-633a-4816-937d-28b8d15167cd Date 11/2/2013 Company Name Knotch Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Knotch is the Twitter for the 99%: it gives everyone a stage to express their opinions/thoughts in front of all those who care about the topic in discussion. Moreover, it’s the first network that allows users to … Continue reading “Knotch Lands $1,500,000 New Financing”

Genentech Does it Again, Wins FDA Approval for ‘Son of Rituxan’

Genentech is the “goose that keeps laying golden eggs” in the words of one biotech entrepreneur I spoke with last week, who worked there as a scientist in the ‘80s. Another golden egg just came out today. South San Francisco-based Genentech, a unit of Roche, said today it has won FDA approval of obinutuzumab (Gazyva), … Continue reading “Genentech Does it Again, Wins FDA Approval for ‘Son of Rituxan’”

6 Secrets to Slaying the E-Mail Monster

People have been complaining about the onslaught of e-mail almost since the day it was invented. We’ve all heard the statistics: Over 100 billion business e-mails are sent every day, with the average user sending and receiving about 100 messages per day. Reading and answering e-mail takes up 28 percent of the average worker’s day—about … Continue reading “6 Secrets to Slaying the E-Mail Monster”

Alector Obtains Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5771d317-8d04-417b-8ce2-3436bc0325c3 Date 11/1/2013 Company Name Alector Mailing Address 953 Indiana Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Alector is combining state-of-the-art antibody technology and recent discoveries in neuroimmunolgy and human genetics to develop novel therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease, other forms of dementia, and mechanistically related neurodegenerative disorders. Website http://www.alector.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Alector Obtains Series A Funding”

eConais Lands Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=253f2793-b68b-47bb-b5a7-de09be82734d Date 11/1/2013 Company Name eConais Mailing Address 2635 North 1st St. San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description eConais is a wireless module manufacturer and solutions company. We provide high performance and ultra low power embeddable modules for connectivity to the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) communications. eConais … Continue reading “eConais Lands Series A Financing”

Kumu Networks Receives $15,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e40b726-1b02-43c3-ab1a-e7ee2ae0588e Date 11/1/2013 Company Name Kumu Networks Mailing Address 3265 Kifer Road Santa Clara, CA 95051 Company Description Kumu Networks is revolutionizing the way wireless systems are built using its innovative full-duplex wireless design. Wireless full-duplex allows a radio to transmit and receive signals at the same time using a single frequency … Continue reading “Kumu Networks Receives $15,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

Campus Quad Secures $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=922e70a7-95a3-4c54-a05a-e99d4c6dbbdd Date 11/1/2013 Company Name Campus Quad Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94117 Company Description Our vision is to connect college students to opportunities and expand their horizons for greater success in life. Website http://www.campusquad.co Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company intends to … Continue reading “Campus Quad Secures $1,000,000 Seed Financing Round”

Tandem Applies Muscle to Mobile (Alternative Accelerators, Part 1)

“College” used to mean something pretty clear: a residential experience where you paid a certain amount for tuition, room, and board and, after about four years, you got a bachelor’s degree. These days, of course, there are just as many two-year community colleges as four-year institutions; you don’t have to live on campus; there are … Continue reading “Tandem Applies Muscle to Mobile (Alternative Accelerators, Part 1)”

Alector Goes After Alzheimer’s, With Cash from Polaris & OrbiMed

Alzheimer’s disease scares the bejesus out of millions of aging Baby Boomers, who fear they’ll lose their memories and everything that makes them who they are. The biology of the disease has stumped researchers and pharma companies for years. The field is crying out for fresh entrepreneurial thinking. Now a couple prominent biotech entrepreneurs are … Continue reading “Alector Goes After Alzheimer’s, With Cash from Polaris & OrbiMed”

As Tremor Sufferers Await Remedies, Lift Labs “Cures” Their Tools

The tremors that disable millions of people with conditions such as Parkinson’s disease might eventually be controlled through drugs and implantable brain stimulation devices. But while patients wait for a medical breakthrough, a young engineering PhD in the Bay Area is thinking, “Maybe what they need is a better spoon.” Anupam Pathak’s idea, first hatched … Continue reading “As Tremor Sufferers Await Remedies, Lift Labs “Cures” Their Tools”

Red (and Green) Flags To Look for With Biotech’s Buyside Investors

As Warren Buffett once pointed out, companies get the investors they deserve. Observations by the oracle-from-Omaha are hard to dispute, but how does that translate into practice if you’re a biotech company going through the IPO process and trying to read the signs in a whole new landscape of investors known as “the buyside”? Many … Continue reading “Red (and Green) Flags To Look for With Biotech’s Buyside Investors”

Runnable Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8c360c90-f342-4769-9411-1d286fc247a1 Date 10/31/2013 Company Name Runnable Mailing Address 459 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description We’re bringing the world’s code to life Discovering, collaborating and working with code should be simple. We’re on a mission to empower anyone to build amazing things with software. Node.JS, Docker and CoffeeScript We think … Continue reading “Runnable Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Funding”

Frontback Receives $3,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d0d1e426-0637-46ca-84ec-2b95047760e9 Date 10/31/2013 Company Name Frontback Mailing Address 3 Clarence Place New York, CA 94107 Company Description Frontback is a fun and fast way to show your friends what you’re up to. Take a photo with the front camera, another with the back camera, and share them both in a single image. … Continue reading “Frontback Receives $3,000,000 New Financing Round”

LOYAL3 Receives $2,500,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=38cc08e4-f10a-456f-87d6-40beaf924969 Date 10/31/2013 Company Name LOYAL3 Mailing Address 150 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Company Description LOYAL3 is about using social technologies to democratize the capital markets, making stock ownership easy and affordable for everyone. We offer a technology platform where people can buy stock in their favorite brands in 3 … Continue reading “LOYAL3 Receives $2,500,000 New Round”

Stem Lands $5,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74fdc195-f0b4-430c-8ad0-c1bbab3eb414 Date 10/31/2013 Company Name Stem Mailing Address 100 Rollins Road Millbrae, CA 94030 Company Description Stem, an energy solutions company, provides intelligent energy solutions to small-medium sized companies. It offers energy storage and data solutions that allow organizations to store energy when they are not using it, and provide power when … Continue reading “Stem Lands $5,000,000 New Round”

Halt Medical Obtains $3,000,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=eb8b4083-f969-467c-a65d-d8f9f9d767d6 Date 10/31/2013 Company Name Halt Medical Mailing Address 131 Sand Creek Road Brentwood, CA 94513 Company Description The Acessa System was designed specifically to ablate uterine fibroids. In three clinical trials, it has been successfully used to treat over 200 patients. Heavy menstrual bleeding and fibroid symptoms have significantly declined, and … Continue reading “Halt Medical Obtains $3,000,000 New Funding”

The Chernin Group Acquires CrunchyRoll for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0a881893-0f0c-47a5-aae3-6fb18d30b122 Date 10/31/2013 Company Name CrunchyRoll Mailing Address 340 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description The company operates a web site that allows users to share their favorite anime videos. Website http://www.crunchyroll.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms Financial terms of the majority stake … Continue reading “The Chernin Group Acquires CrunchyRoll for Undisclosed Sum”

Lessons from the St. Louis Cardinals and ‘Building Biotechs to Last’

When I hit the couch tonight to watch Game 6 of the World Series, I won’t be rooting for anyone. I will just be another baseball fan hoping for a great game between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. But I have been thinking about not just baseball, but organizational strategy lately, … Continue reading “Lessons from the St. Louis Cardinals and ‘Building Biotechs to Last’”

QB3 Opens Life Sciences Incubator in San Francisco’s Dogpatch

If you ever pass through San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood, or if you attended the massive post-Burning Man “Decompression” street party a couple of weeks ago, you may have noticed the transformation underway in what used to be a sad old concrete building at 953 Indiana Street. The property was once home to a medical device … Continue reading “QB3 Opens Life Sciences Incubator in San Francisco’s Dogpatch”